28 March

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1915 (Sunday)

French repulse all counter-attacks at Les Éparges.
Attempted renewal of offensive by Germans in northern Poland.
Failure of Austrian attacks and progress by Russians in the Carpathians.
The first passenger ship (British SS Falaba) sunk by a German submarine^{[note 1]} (see 13 March and 20 October 1914).
Russian Black Sea fleet bombards the forts on the Bosporus.
Smyrna forts shelled.

Notes

↑ The SS Falaba, bound for South Africa, was torpedoed and sunk south of the St. George's Channel on this day in 1915, with a loss of 100 lives including many women and children, the passengers being given only five minutes to take to the boats.

References

Acknowledgements

Various material contemporary with the war have been used to compile The Great War:On This Day and associated index. Data has been gleaned from two main sources: Chronology of the War (1918-1920), and History of the Great War – Principal Events 1914-1918 (1922). The information in these works were deemed correct at the time of their respective publication dates, and may not accurately represent present-day histories, spelling of place names, political, and geographical boundaries. Click here for a full list of sources.

[1] The SS Falaba, bound for South Africa, was torpedoed and sunk south of the St. George's Channel on this day in 1915, with a loss of 100 lives including many women and children, the passengers being given only five minutes to take to the boats.

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